title: Dissection of the infrarenal aorta treated by stent graft placement.
abstract: Aortic dissection is primarily localized in the thoracic aorta. Dissection of the abdominal aorta is exceedingly rare, especially in the absence of a blunt abdominal trauma. Two cases of a primarily infrarenal aortic dissection were diagnosed by US, CT and angiography. The patients were treated by stent graft placement. The stent grafts were introduced via a femoral arteriotomy through the introducer sheath and were placed so that they occluded entry and reentry of aortic dissection. The stent graft placement caused total obliteration of a false channel of the dissection immediately after endoprosthesis deployment. The patients were followed-up by CT and angiography at 16 and 3 months after surgery without complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of War Surgery, Purkyne Military Medical Academy, 500 01 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krajina
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesko
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Voboril
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zizka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography